Champlain Islander

I feel the hunting is great in the New England states but certainly not up to the standards of the Mid West as depicted on TV. Many of those TV shows don't necessarily use fair chase and the rate of trophy harvest on those showsreally don't reflect the true experience of a hunt there. The shows make it appear that the hunter sets in a stand for 1/2 hour and Booner or P&Y deer continually wander by. The same thing could be accomplished on a deer farm or unhunted large private land based anywhere that deer live. Here in New England there is far more public land opportunity for hunting eliminating much of the trophy potential. In the Mid West most of the land is privately held and hunting is pretty regulated by the owners. Deer can live in many of those areas for years and develop into true trophies. Access to the Mid West is increasingly at a cost which is becoming too much for many of the average hunters. The people making the videos and TV shows just pony up the money and can hunt all they want for the end product of getting a kill on tape.